Editing Alexander Haig (section)

===Falklands War===
[[File:Haig and Thatcher DF-SC-83-06152.jpg|thumb|left|alt=|Haig with British prime minister [[Margaret Thatcher]] at Andrews Air Force Base, 1982]]
{{Main|Falklands War|Events leading to the Falklands War#Shuttle diplomacy and US involvement|l2 = U.S. diplomacy and involvement in the Falklands War}}
In April 1982, Haig conducted [[shuttle diplomacy]] between the governments of [[Argentina]] in Buenos Aires and the United Kingdom in London after [[1982 invasion of the Falkland Islands|Argentina invaded the Falkland Islands]]. Negotiations collapsed and Haig returned to Washington on 19 April. The [[Royal Navy|British naval fleet]] then entered the war zone. In December 2012 documents released under the United Kingdom's [[Thirty-year rule|30 Year Rule]] disclosed that Haig planned to reveal British classified military information to Argentina in advance of the recapture of [[South Georgia Island]]. The information, which contained the plans for [[Operation Paraquet]], was intended to show the [[National Reorganization Process|Argentine military junta]] in Buenos Aires that the United States was a neutral player and could be trusted to act impartially during negotiations to end the conflict.<ref>{{cite news|last=Tweedie |first=Neil |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/defence/9767707/US-wanted-to-warn-Argentina-about-South-Georgia.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220112/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/defence/9767707/US-wanted-to-warn-Argentina-about-South-Georgia.html |archive-date=January 12, 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |title=US wanted to warn Argentina about South Georgia |newspaper=Telegraph |date=2012-12-28 |access-date=2014-06-04}}{{cbignore}}</ref> However, in 2012 it was revealed via documents released from the [[Ronald Reagan Presidential Library and Museum|Reagan Presidential Library]] that Haig attempted to persuade Reagan to side with Argentina in the war.<ref>{{cite news |last=O'Sullivan |first=John |date=2012-04-02 |title=How the U.S. Almost Betrayed Britain |newspaper=The Wall Street Journal |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052702303816504577313852502105454 |access-date=2019-12-06}}</ref>